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A guide to the FSA for farmers in Farm Management Groups. It is available in PowerPoint and PDF so that you can translate it in-house, share it with farmers in print or in digital format. Please see guidelines for how to do that in the “Editing and exporting guidelines” included in the folder.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Communications, Guidance & Support, Implementation & Self Assessment, Verification & Auditing

Type:

Comms asset, Guidance document, Presentation, Tool

Language:

English

Group:

RTP

Topic:

Implementation Guidance & Support

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

The FSA provides a common reference point for farm sustainability schemes as well as a consistent approach to benchmarking against it. The Benchmarking Protocol details the FSA’s approach to benchmarking.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Benchmarking

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

Group:

RTP

Topic:

Framework

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

Use this template to provide the VB with an annual report confirming that there has been no change in the composition of the FMG that is a turnover of > 10% in membership of the FMG (i.e., farms are replaced by other farms), and/or an increase of >10% in the total number of farms.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Verification & Auditing

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

Learn more about the FSA User Training online course for FSA practitioners.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Guidance & Support

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

The FSA User Guide covers general information on the FSA for people who might be interested in implementing it in their supply chains. This might include food companies, processors, exporters, agriculture organisations, farm management group coordinators, farmers, and service providers involved with FSA implementation efforts, as well as other key stakeholders.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Guidance & Support

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

This guidance note gives further direction on the implementation and auditing of FSA39, covering the use of Red and Amber List chemicals.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Guidance & Support

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English

A three-page flyer that briefly explains the FSA.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Guidance & Support

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

English, German

Self-assess the sustainability performance of a farm using this excel-based questionnaire. Use this version (3.0) if you would like to use our latest Self-Assessment Questionnaire. You can also download the previous version (2.1) from our Resource Centre.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Implementation & Self Assessment

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, English, Estonian, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Marathi, Polish, Romanian, Slovakian, Spanish, Turkish

The FSA Implementation Framework identifies the minimum requirements for implementing the FSA based on the Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and provides practical implementation guidance to FMG Coordinators and Stand-Alone Farmers.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Implementation & Self Assessment

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, Hindi, Marathi, Spanish

The FSA Continuous Improvement Modules provides Guidance to farms and Farm Management Groups in developing, implementing and monitoring a Continuous Improvement Plan in line with FSA requirements. The document also contains templates for the Continuous Improvement Plan and for Progress Reporting.

Group:

FSA

Topic:

Continuous Improvement

Type:

Guidance document

Language:

Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Marathi, Spanish